Im provement in grain-binders



0. GOLAHAN. Grain Binder.

No. 201,993. 'Patented April. 2, 1878.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GOLAHAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-BINDIE RS1.

Specification forming. part' of Letters Patent No. 2015993; dated April2,1187 8 application filed December 31,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known .that 1,..CH'AS. GOLAHAN, of Gleveland,in the county ofGuyahoga and Stateof Ohio,haveinvented certain newand usefulImprovements in Grainl-Binders; and; I do' hereby declare the followingto bezafull,.clear, andexact description of :the invention, such: aswill enable others skilled in the art to-whichr it pertains tomake anduse it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- which formpart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a mechanism cheap, simple, anddurable in its construction and operation, and by which the grain may begathered from the point of its reception on the horizontal binding-tableof the ordinary harvester by the gathering or gaveling arm, and movedback on said table to the point of discharging the bundle on the outerside of said table. The band which is passed around the gavel by thegaveling-arm is secured at some intermediate point, and while qhe grainis in the grasp of the compressor and gaveling-arm.

My invention consists in the construction of a rocking vibrating supportfor said gavelingarm, that will permit the withdrawal of the gavel andthe gathering in of same on a horizontal binding-table, while thebinding-arm and compressor are maintained in a fixed perpendicularposition during the Withdrawal of said gavel, and the lower point of thesaid arm may be brought in contact with the device that secures the endsof the band, and which band-securing device may be below thebinding-table, in or near the recess or slot through which the gavelingor band-carrying arm enters and travels in the process of gathering-andwithdrawing the sheaf.

At the outer edge of the table, at the proper time of releasing thesheaf, the arm may vibrate and leave the sheaf on the outer edge of thetable; or said arm may rotate and dis charge the bound sheaf by aproperlyregulated crank movement, and, in either case, again advance andgather in the ensuing sheaf, and travel back, as may be desired, on theplatform.

In the accompanying drawings, like letters refer to like parts, eachfigure representing the 1 different positions of my invention in its'operation, and of which I will now proceed to give more particulardescription.

A represents the=standard that supportsth gaveling: device. 13-represents the base or curvilin'ear'support on which the standard Arests, and-which said standard Aand base B I have shown in one piece. 0represents the supporting-segment, and" upon whichthe standard A and itsbase'B are rocked. Said piece: 0 is sustained from above, and isv a partof the bindingattachment.

Figures 1. and 2 represent different forms 0 construction of the base Band support 0, Figs. 1 and 3 representing a geared surface, and Figs. 2and 4. a smooth surface. With the smooth surface, as shown in Figs.2and4.,Ihave constructed on support 0 an elevated upright projection, inwhich is a perpendicular groove or slot, 0, while on piece or base B, Ihave placed a lug or pin, P, and as said standard is rocked during thereciprocation of said bindingarm, the projection or pin P will travel upand down in slot 0, as represented in Figs. 2 and 4, thus preventingtransverse or slipping movement of said standard A on its base, securinga steady guide, with the assistance of side guides, which may be used.

The base B passes over the supporting-seg ment with a rolling motion,and by giving the proper relative curves to the base and itssupporting-segment the nose of the binder-arm,

when down, can be caused to travel in any path rendered desirable by theexigencies of the machines now in use. It is obvious that the sameresult may be accomplished by the use of more than one rocking andsupporting arm-as, for instance, by connecting two arms rocking in samevertical plane by a bar which supports the gaveling device.

The gaveling device secured on said standard is of the ordinaryconstruction, and may be used with a vibrating or rotating arm, F, andmay be actuated by a pitman with a rod attached to crank H, and saidpitman-rod may be attached at a point at or near pin P at the base ofsaid standard, which may serve as a proportionate equally-fixed point ofattachment for the power to be conveyed from the main drive-wheel ofharvester by means of chain or usual devices; or said crank H may beactuated by attachment located on side of table M at guide E, inconnection with pin P.

If desirable, a compressor may be dispensed with, or, if used, thegaveling-arm F may be attached rigidly'to a hollow shaft supported on asolid shaft connected to the arm, and to the opposite end of which maybe a projecting lug carrying the pin or trunnion, on which may besupported compressor K, and between the compressor K and itsdriving-gear or actuating mechanism may be interposed a spring orelastic substance, to secure a yielding compressor; or a spring'may beused on the inner side of a rigidly-attached arm, K, which is awell-known device.

My binding device is intended to be mounted on a laterally-adjustableframe, similar to that shown in my pending application for patent filedin United States Patent Office, May 9, 1877.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as new is 1. Thegaveling device, in combination with a support formed and arranged torock and roll upon a bed at its lower end, substantially as described.

2. The standard A, constructed and supported on base B, in combinationwith pin P, concave way or track 0, and slot 0, constructedsubstantially as shown, and for the purposes described. a

scribing witnesses.

CHAS. OOLAHAN Witnesses:

F. TornvLEY, WELLS W. LEGGETT.

